Alex Prager was born in Los Angeles in 1979. She was raised by her
grandmother in a small apartment in the suburb of Los Feliz. Her nomadic
upbringing saw her splitting her time between Florida, California, and
Switzerland without truly settling down long enough for a formal
education. Prager's interest in art began in her adolescence, but it was
in her early twenties that she started to focus on photography after
being inspired by the work of William Eggleston.

In keeping with her independent spirit, she eschewed art school and
began taking photographs on her own, teaching herself equipment and
lighting through trial and error. Prager has since contributed to a
number of publications including New York Magazine and The New York
Times Magazine, Dazed and Confused, Details, I.D and Tank. All the
while, continuing to exhibit her work in various galleries worldwide.

After the release of her first book The Book Of Disquiet (2005) Prager
was given her first solo show at the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa
Monica, CA entitled Polyester. Her 2008 exhibition The Big Valley shown
by the Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, received critical acclaim.

Her most recent show entitled “Week-end” opened in Los Angeles, New
York, London and Japan in 2010. Currently she is in her first museum
show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in the New Photography
exhibition.

London Times magazine said, “That she has buckets more vision than
credentials matters not, it helps to retain the rawness and
individuality of her eye. She is uncertain and dizzy – and very
capable.”

"Her photographs reveal a keen eye for the shining and the bizarre, a
bit Annie Leibovitz, a bit Diane Arbus."- The Los Angeles Times